title: [The legal status of the embryo in Spain: from the reproduction act of 1988 to therapeutic cloning nowadays].
abstract: Starting with the first regulation on assisted reproduction of 1988, the author reviews the different measures in matters of protection of the human embryo that have been generated in these last years, with special attention to the doctrine of the Constitutional Tribunal. The author makes a comparative analysis of its evolution up to the present time, in which there has been an approval of the biomedical research law of 2007 in Spain, and with it, the so-called therapeutic cloning.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España. fernando.abellan@derechosanitarioasesores.com
authors.forename: Fernando Abellán-García
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019924:Embryo Disposition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D006801:Humans; D046269:Reproductive Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013030:Spain